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Ward

in Rhode Island

There are 462 people with the last name "Ward" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Ward 164
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  1. is 160th most common Harrison
  2. is 161st most common Clarke
  3. is 162nd most common Bell
  4. is 163rd most common Howard
  5. is 164th most common Ward
  6. is 165th most common Bennett
  7. is 166th most common Rosa
  8. is 167th most common Boucher
  9. is 168th most common Mcdonald

Similar Names and Nicknames

Warden, Wardell, Wardlaw, Word, Wardlow, Wardle, Wargo, Wardwell, Warda, Wardrop

Most Common First Names for Ward

Robert, John, David, Michael, Thomas, Elizabeth, James, Richard, William, Sandra

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’ (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).

Irish: reduced form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.

Surname adopted by bearers of the Jewish surname Warshawski, Warshawsky or some other Jewish name bearing some similarity to the English name.

Americanized form of French Guerin.

FOREBEARS The surname Ward was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), author of the MA legal code, was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Agawam (Ipswich, MA) in 1633. William Ward was one of the original settlers of Sudbury, MA, in about 1638. Miles Ward came from England to Salem, MA, in about 1639. Thomas Ward (d. 1689) settled in Newport, RI, in 1671; among his descendants were two governors of colonial RI.

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